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Micaela Bastidas
Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua was an Indigenous leader who, with her husband Túpac Amaru II, led a rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru, and is regarded as a martyr for Peruvian independence. Born in Pampamarca in the province of Canas in 1744, she married José Gabriel Condorcanqui in 1760 and was a full partner in his enterprises. When the rebellion began in November 1780 she supplied the troops with money, food, clothing and weapons, became acting chief after the victory at Sangarará, and urged a swift march on Cuzco. Captured when the revolt failed, she was executed in the Plaza de Armas of Cuzco in May 1781, after her son Hipólito.
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